Who is guilty in death of K-129

One of the most mysterious catastrophes of the submarine fleet in the post-war period is the death of the soviet submarine k-129 in the pacific ocean in march 1968. In explanation of the events in our country and abroad are several documentary films, written dozens of books and articles. However, clues to the causes of death of the submarine and its crew is still far. It is not excluded that for certain set of circumstances that led to a tragic outcome, will never be possible. The session is not released
in january 1968, because of the unavailability of the same type to-99 from part of the 29th division of submarines of the planned combat service, the crew of k-129 was withdrawn from vacation, started working out of basic training and preparation for entering the military service (bs).

The crew only 30 november 1967, returned from a previous bs. In february, the boat performed control access to the sea, and as no-show from holiday staffing commander captain 1 rank v. I. Kobzar on the control output was seconded captain 2nd rank Vladimir kurenkov, the commander of the k-75. The results of the release of captain 2nd rank Vladimir kurenkov command reported the unwillingness of the crew of k-129 to the implementation of bs due to the low coherence.

However, to prevent disruption of the plan bs, after intensive mining onshore and offshore elements of the course of combat training the crew received permission to go to sea, which took place on february 24. At 00: 00 on march 8, the k-129 did not reach the planned test session. The next day, march 9, the alarm was given on the fleet and launched a large-scale operation to search for the missing submarine, which lasted in severe weather conditions a total of 70 days. For surgery, in addition to the forces of the pacific fleet, was involved in court of the ministry of the navy and the academy of sciences of the ussr. As a result, on the surface of the ocean NorthWest of the hawaiian islands forces of air reconnaissance discovered a big box, solarium, presumably formed above the place of death of the submarine. Different versions
based on publicly available information, a definite answer about the death of k-129 to give not possible.

There are some very strong versions, but they are unlikely in the near future will be confirmed by physical evidence and original documents. The most complete picture to reveal the cause of death of missile available only to the cia, who oversaw the recovery and examination of fragments of the submarine and having in his possession photos, inspection certificates and other materials. The most often replicated in the domestic media version says about the collision of k-129 with U.S. Nuclear submarine (apl) "Swordfish". But a careful analysis and comparison with other similar events revealed several strong arguments testifying to the complete failure of this assumption. First, when arriving on 17 march 1968 in the Japanese port of yokosuka boat in the daytime hosted an international waterway and was photographed by journalists, photos of her were published in local newspapers.

Visible in photos of the damage solely to masts give every reason to believe that the object that collided with the submarine, had significantly smaller weight and dimensions than the premier league "Swordfish", or collision was easy and happened on a tangent. All the known cases of collisions of submarines, when the participants of the incident were on the verge of death, ended up comparable in the severity of the damage. Any "Swordfish" do not exist. This is the very fact of corrupt american boat in the Japanese port refutes the assumption of her involvement in reporting the event and trying to conceal the participation of this submarine in the incident.

From considerations of secrecy, in such circumstances, most advisable to repair to the place of the submarine, especially when the presence in the area, the extensive network of american ship-repair enterprises and corresponding conditions for masking. Second, the Japanese port of yokosuka is located significantly further from the point of the death of k-129 than the american submarine base in the hawaiian islands, and therefore resolved to send the damaged submarine for repair in a remote foreign port on the other side of the pacific looks, at least, very illogical. Enough to measure on a map the distance from the point of the death of k-129 to the island of oahu to Japan. A path that would have to go "Swordfish" in the opposite direction the pacific ocean to the port of yokosuka and back to pearl harbor, if she really was involved in a collision with the k-129 is more than three times the length of the path from the point of death before pearl harbor. Comments are superfluous here. The case of "Tautog"
revealing to compare the actions of the american command after the collision with the soviet submarine k-108 project 675 under the command of captain 1st rank b.

S. Baghdasaryan with the american submarine "Tautog" type "Sturgeon" off the coast of kamchatka on june 20, 1970, just two years after the sinking of k-129. Following the collision the noise, recorded by the american acoustics and recorded on tape, has been classified as a destruction of the pressure hull of a soviet submarine, so the last thought dead. Pop-200 miles off the soviet coast and setting up a makeshift coherent antenna to replace the broken one, the commander of the american submarine commander b. Balderston was told about the incident command and was recalled to pearl harbor to enter the port on 1 july at night without navigation lights.

Arriving at the pier the submarine was met by the commander of submarine forces in the pacific, and about the incident, the U.S. Secretary of defense melvin laird telegram reported president richard nixon. The boat was put in the dock, and as long as injuries have not been closed tent, the crew was not allowed to leave the compartments. Both american and soviet submarines suffered serious injury, the accident helped avoid tragic consequences: k-108 was punched lightweight body near the mortars right of the propeller shaft, and the propeller shaft was jammed. The american submarine was damaged chopping the horizontal rudders, the cabin got bending in two degrees with the jamming of sliding devices, and the right-handed screw k-108 broke through the cover of the upper chopping of luke's "Totoh", and part of the volume of the conning tower was flooded. What was actually
in the end we can conclude that if "Swordfish" really was involved in the collision with the k-129, as alleged by experts, the most appropriate place for the shelter and repair would be pearl harbor, not the Japanese port of yokosuka.

And the damage would have been more impressive. So blame the "Swordfish" of involvement in the death of k-129 is no good reason. One of the officers who were in march of 1968, on board the nuclear submarine "Swordfish" when her periscope was damaged on the ice, lieutenant commander richard lee, later recalled: ". For those of us who were on board the "Swordfish" (about 115 people), it is interesting to know, as a writer of historical fiction can take a single event and make any conclusion of what he wants. "
in regard to the submarine "Swordfish" it seems quite logical that another version, which was previously voiced by the american party while who were holding back, that she was one of 9 american submarines deployed in the Japan sea after seizing North Korean ships in january 1968, american intelligence ship "Pueblo" (ager-2), and was engaged in reconnaissance near the peter the great bay. According to this version, in march in the Japan sea current and the winds carried from the sea of okhotsk, the tatar strait and peter the great bay a lot of floating ice, which is march 2, and the collision occurred. Injuries did not require urgent repair, so a port call in yokosuka was scheduled for march 15.

Moreover, at the request of the Japanese of the port authority, the length was eventually postponed to march 17. However, after visiting the yokosuka submarine has not left its operating area in which it had been since the beginning of february, and after repairing the periscope continued to carry out the tasks of intelligence. In may, it was noted in another Japanese port of sasebo, where local environmentalists have suspected her of having leaked radioactive water into the waters and made the appropriate scandal. As a result, Japanese prime minister eisaku sato had to say that the nuclear submarines of the us will no longer enter Japanese ports, if nuclear security is not provided by american specialists at the proper level. Returned to the place of permanent basing submarines "Swordfish" only 5 sep.

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Bill Streifer

2019-05-12 в 13:59:31

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Irek Sabitov, a Russian journalist and former newspaper editor in Russia, and I have just submitted an article on the USS Swordfish and K-129 to the U.S. Navy War College Review. There's no guarantee they'll publish us, but our article on the North Korean downing of an EC-121 in 1969 will appear in the Winter 2019 Edition of the U.S. Navy War College Review.
While the article (above) is largely correct, it contains some common misconception -- but I can't tell you which until the publication of our article. I hope you all get to read it.
Chat me up if you want.
Bill Streifer
bill.streifer@gmail.com
Editorial Board, Journal of Oriental Studies (Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow)

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